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CRI vs. COLM, PVH, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, FOSL, VRA, TPR, and RL

Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Carter's vs. Its Competitors

Carter's (NYSE:CRI) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Carter's has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carter's$2.84B0.40$185.51M$3.778.32
Columbia Sportswear$3.41B0.85$223.27M$3.9213.58

Carter's currently has a consensus target price of $30.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.57%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.18%. Given Columbia Sportswear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Sportswear is more favorable than Carter's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carter's
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Carter's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Carter's pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Sportswear pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carter's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 4 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 6 mentions for Carter's. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Carter's' score of 1.20 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carter's
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Columbia Sportswear
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Carter's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Carter's' net margin of 4.79%. Carter's' return on equity of 20.68% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carter's4.79% 20.68% 7.29%
Columbia Sportswear 6.59%12.97%7.93%

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRI vs. The Competition

MetricCarter'sSHOES&REL APPRL IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.16B$14.95B$8.40B$21.52B
Dividend Yield3.15%2.38%2.98%3.50%
P/E Ratio8.3215.8618.4529.81
Price / Sales0.401.315.8052.31
Price / Cash3.8112.6417.0724.68
Price / Book1.323.195.054.54
Net Income$185.51M$572.62M$255.59M$999.97M
7 Day Performance4.05%-1.00%0.01%-0.18%
1 Month Performance21.95%5.06%18.00%4.37%
1 Year Performance-55.82%-4.45%51.21%14.40%

Carter's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRI
Carter's
2.7745 of 5 stars
$31.37
-1.2%
$30.25
-3.6%
-55.3%$1.16B$2.84B8.3215,350Positive News
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.4299 of 5 stars
$55.71
-1.5%
$60.80
+9.1%
-36.3%$3.05B$3.41B14.219,780Positive News
PVH
PVH
4.364 of 5 stars
$82.86
-2.1%
$95.27
+15.0%
-12.6%$3.98B$8.65B9.2928,000Positive News
HBI
Hanesbrands
2.9233 of 5 stars
$6.31
-2.1%
$6.50
+3.1%
-7.9%$2.23B$3.51B26.2741,000
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.953 of 5 stars
$26.97
-0.4%
$29.60
+9.8%
-15.2%$1.17B$3.12B6.684,600
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.599 of 5 stars
$40.56
-0.1%
$53.80
+32.7%
-46.2%$605.89M$1.52B7.876,000Analyst Revision
MOV
Movado Group
4.9136 of 5 stars
$19.05
-1.4%
$31.50
+65.4%
+2.5%$421.77M$653.38M24.741,456Positive News
FOSL
Fossil Group
3.0782 of 5 stars
$2.98
flat
$5.00
+67.8%
+192.3%$160.26M$1.15B-2.685,200Short Interest ↑
VRA
Vera Bradley
0.9801 of 5 stars
$2.38
+0.8%
N/A-59.7%$66.47M$371.97M-0.751,725Earnings Report
TPR
Tapestry
4.0746 of 5 stars
$104.48
-0.3%
$105.47
+1.0%
+153.9%$21.74B$7.01B165.8419,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.4263 of 5 stars
$307.77
-0.4%
$307.88
+0.0%
+66.2%$18.64B$7.29B24.5823,400Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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